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The FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) is back and the traditional curtain-raiser event, the Rallye Monte Carlo (22 to 28 January), sees the same number of ŠKODA FABIA R5 crews taking part as last year. But the line-up of drivers is almost completely different as a new, youthful ŠKODA Motorsport works team line-up gets its first taste of the action.

The FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) made its way to Latvia for the eighth and final round of the 2017 season and there are four ŠKODA Customer Teams taking part in the Rally Liepāja (6-8 October).

Bruno Magalhães keeps ERC title hopes alive with the third-place finish at Rally di Roma Capitale as Jan Černý claims his first win in the ERC Junior U28 category ● Hermen Kobus claims the title in the Open Dutch Rally Championship with a third-place finish at the Hellendoorn Rally ● Umberto Scandola still in the title race in the Italian championship after second place in the CIR classification at the Rally di Roma Capitale ● Dan Gîrtofan battles on for Romanian title after penalty appeal sees him awarded Rally Iasi victory ● And there is more success for ŠKODA FABIA R5 drivers in Japan, Greece, Iran, Spain, Isle of Man, Portugal and the French Cup

The Barum Czech Rally Zlín is a 15 special stage, 214km long event which is the sixth round of both the FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) and the Czech Rally Championship (MČR). Needless to say, there are plenty of ŠKODA FABIA R5’s taking part.

The 2017 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) has reached round 10 and all teams are heading to Germany for what many consider the most challenging asphalt round on the calendar, the Rallye Deutschland (17th to 20th August).

Fredrik Åhlin strengthens his lead in the British Rally Championship after winning the Pirelli Rally. Vincent Verschueren and Norbert Herczig maintain their leads in the Belgian and Hungarian Championships respectively, after podium finishes at the Rallye de Wallonie and the Ózd Rallye. ŠKODA WRC2 dominance continues at the Rally Argentina.

Fabian Kreim claims victory in the opening round of the German Rally Championship, Miguel “Miky” Zaldivar Sr copes best with the wet weather to win the opening round of the Paraguayan Rally Championship and Quentin Giordano lays down a marker for the French Championship with victory at the Rallye Régional de Printemps.